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Scott Walker donor T. Wall among
finalists for Hill Farms project
2 hours ago • By Mike Ivey | The Capital Times
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A development group headed by T. Wall Enterprises is
among the four finalists selected for the purchase and
redevelopment of the Hill Farms property.
T. Wall is part of a bidding team that includes Potter Lawson
Architects of Madison and Miron Construction of Neenah for
The state is moving forward with plans
for a massive redevelopment of the Hill
Farms state office site, including a sale
of the excess property.
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the largest public real estate project in Wisconsin since the
Miller Park baseball stadium.
Others finalists announced Tuesday include groups led by
McCaffery Interests of Chicago; Mortenson Construction of
Minneapolis and Smith Gilbane of Providence, R.I.
State moving forward on Hill
Farms land sale, redevelopment
With just a
week-and-ahalf until the
election, some question the timing
of the massive project. Read more
Hill Farms redevelopment called
potential 'backroom deal'
Sen. Risser,
others question
the timing of
the RFP for the sale of the 21-acre
site on the city's west side. Read
The Walker administration has been seeking a private
developer to purchase the Hill Farms site and construct a
$197 million, 600,000-square-foot office complex with 2,500
parking spaces to replace the current Wisconsin
Department of Transportation building.
The state would then own the building, but a private entity
would hold the balance of the 21-acre site off Sheboygan
Avenue on Madison’s west side.
The Department of Administration on Oct. 13 quietly posted
a request for proposals for the project, with interested
parties required to take a tour of the site on Oct. 17.
more
State officials to release names of
Hill Farms redevelopment
applicants
Following an
open records
request,
Department of
Administration officials plan to
name the finalists for the project on
Monday Read more
The timing of the RFP, coming just weeks before the
election for governor, had raised concerns of state Sen.
Fred Risser (D-Madison) and others who said it sets up a
potential backroom deal or campaign contributions from
applicants.
Records show that Terrence Wall of T. Wall Enterprises
gave $9,975 to the Friends of Scott Walker on Oct. 25.
Wall had briefly sought the GOP nomination for the U.S.
Senate in 2010. Last year, he wrote a letter to the DOA
saying he was interested in buying Hill Farms or other
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Mike Ivey
properties from the state if and when they were made
available.
Records also show that David Voss, project executive with
Mike Ivey has been a reporter with
The Capital Times for more than 25
years, covering business, the
environment and politics. He was
named the state's top business
reporter in 2011 by the Wisconsin
Newspaper Association.
Miron Construction, gave $2,500 to Walker on Oct. 14, the
day after the RFP was posted.
Records also show that Eric Lawson, CEO of Potter Lawson,
gave $1,000 to Walker on Oct. 24.
An initial check of the state's campaign finance database did
not show recent contributions to Walker from the three outof-state groups also bidding on the project, aside from $100
from Timothy Jones, director of real estate services for
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The move to redevelop the Hill Farms property is part of the
2013-2015 Walker budget that calls for selling or leasing
The DOA in July prepared of list of real estate for potential
sale that included Hill Farms and the Badger State office
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Trust Funds (ETF). The RFP for Hill Farms requires the
workers slated to move to the redeveloped Hill Farms
Other properties listed by DOA for sale or lease include the
Ethan Allen School in Wales, the Northern Wisconsin Center
in Chippewa Falls, the T-Hanger at the Dane County
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Regional Airport and the Knapp House, a former mansion
for Wisconsin governors at 130 E. Gilman St. in downtown
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Madison. For decades, the historic building housed 12
graduate fellows but that program was moved to another
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The DOA says it will hold in-person interviews with the
development teams the week of December 15.
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In addition to the four finalists selected, the Hammes
Company of Milwaukee and the Opus Group of Minneapolis
had also submitted proposals.
Todd D. Milewski and Jessie Opoien contributed to this story.
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